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14:30 Bangor-on-Dee
Clwyd Special Riding Centre Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £4,800 added
- Winner: £3,119
- 2nd: £916
- 3rd: £458
- 4th: £229
- Form 6-5041
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
led, headed 4th, prominent, ridden to press winner 2 out, kept on one pace
- Form F1-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Miss R Curtis
- Jockey B J Geraghty
tracked leader, led 4th, ridden and ran on flat
High Holloa
23- Form 606
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Mrs Caroline Bailey
- Jockey David England
tracked leaders, ridden and dropped to rear 3 out, weakened next
- Form 31
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey Paul Moloney
in touch, mistake 5th, headway 3 out, kept on one pace
- Form 530-5
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
in touch in rear, hit 4th, ridden 3 out, weakened next
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Mrs Caroline Bailey
- Jockey T Messenger
tracked leaders, mistake 2nd and lost place briefly, ridden and dropped to rear 4th, struggling 5th, pulled up 3 out
Zuileka
13- Form 7050
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer James Moffatt
- Jockey B S Hughes
in touch towards rear, headway to track leaders 4th, chased winner 4 out until after 3 out, weakened 2 out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Churchtown Love makes her debut under Rules having won a point-to-point at this time last year. Shuil Gealach won a fast ground bumper at Worcester last summer and is related to a couple of hurdle winners. She should go well, but ROSA FLEET is the obvious choice. She scored at Market Rasen earlier this month and is fancied to defy a penalty representing an in-form yard. The remainder are harder to fancy unless Taffy Dare has improved from her modest hurdles debut back in November.
Formwatch
Rosa Fleet (IRE) 7-1 (11-3) Held up in touch, closed before 4th, led when not fluent last, soon ridden clear, easily, won at Market Rasen 2m 1f mdn hdl (4) sft beating Fine Moment (11-3) by 8l, 10 ran.
Churchtown Love (IRE) 3-1 (11-7) Mid div, prog to jn ldrs 3out, 2nd bef last,kow to get up last stride, won at Belharbour 3m ire ptp sft in Feb '13 beating Lady Cloudings (11-7) by hd, 12 ran.
High Holloa 66-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, reminders 4 out, weakened before 2 out, 6th of 7, 37l behind Anay Turge (11-10) at Southwell 2m nov hdl (4) hvy.
Shuil Gealach (IRE) 11-8fav (10-12) Towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead close home, won at Worcester 2m mares n h flat (6) gd in Jun beating Dardanella (10-12) by hd, 15 ran.
Taffy Dare (IRE) 20-1 (10-10) Held up, took keen hold, headway 7th, not fluent 3 out, weakened approaching next, tailed off, 5th of 7, 47l behind Woodland Walk (10-7) at Huntingdon 2m 4f mares NH nov hdl (4) sft in Nov.
Teeton Blackvelvet Fair Mix mare out of Teeton Priceless.
Zuileka 100-1 (10-7) Mid-division, weakened from 4 out, tailed off, 10th of 12, well behind Landecker (11-3) at Kelso 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs.